One of the most pivotal points of contact in business are appointments and meetings, and with every company becoming sales-intensive, this is one place which could be make or break for future sales. With the help of appointment scheduling software, one can give a monumental leap to their business and gain great value.

Listed below are four appointment scheduling software, which have both free and paid versions:

Acuity Scheduling
The powerful online appointment-booking software Acuity Scheduling is much like a personal assistant only better. It allows both the staff/reps and clients to schedule meetings and appointments by allowing viewing the real-time availability to select the date and time that works best.

SetMore
SetMore is a powerful, easy-to-use web-based appointment scheduling software that allows customers to schedule meetings in multiple ways, including text reminders and mobile scheduling. The setup is clean, responsive and convenient, with booking buttons for payment scheduling, Email/SMS appointments, business website, Google Calendar syncing, and Facebook fan page. It has a Standard Free Plan and Premium Plans at $25/month or $89/year.

Appointy
The powerful yet functional and simple Appointy allows reps to accept appointments online and even prepay, sends automated email and SMS verifications to clients along with second reminders, integrates with Google Calendar and social media, and features multiple tiers to suit the needs of different-sized business. While they have a free basic plan, it doesn’t feature separate logins for analytics and staff members. The paid versions begin at $19.99/month, going up to $79/month.

TimeTap
TimeTap is perfect for small and medium business owners who are looking to solve their scheduling problems and go automated with booking appointments and meetings. The easy-to-use and simple tool provides numerous unique features such as apps for iOS and Android and customizable booking forms. Ease of use is one of its USPs, apart from it offering five different levels of scheduling software so that you can choose any which one you want to suit your company’s needs. The Starter pack is free and the paid versions for solo and team begin at $24.95/month for 1 staff, 1 location and $39.95/month for 5 staff, 5 locations respectively.